So, I've seen other folks post threads like this, so I'll give it a go, too.
Here are our tentative plans for faire season this year:
May 16/17 - Tennessee Renaissance Festival
May 23 - Iowa Renaissance Festival, Middle Amana
May 30/31 - Dubuque Renaissance Faire
July 11/12 - Heart of Illinois Fair - Barbary Coast, Peoria, Illinois (maybe)
August 15/16 - Bristol Renaissance Faire
September 12 - Victorian Day at Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa
September 19/20 - Des Moines Renaissance Faire
September 26 & 27 - Four Kingdoms Renaissance Festival, Rock Island, Illinois
October 3/4 - Stronghold Olde English Faire, Oregon, Illinois
Hopefully we can meet up with some of you fine folk at one of these.
We'll definitely be at the Des Moines RF... just not sure of the dates as they haven't been posted yet... but would like to meet up you and your family.
Midwest RF ... 5/16 or 5/17 (depending on work)
Des Moines RF ... dates not posted yet (but it's definite)
MiRF ... 9/26 (definite... our wedding day)
MnRF ... 10/3 (most likely)
Des Moines Renaissance Faire is the first three weekends in September..starting with Labor Day weekend.